A team of experts have found a tooth in Ethiopia which may rewrite our human family tree and forever alter our understanding of where we came from.

The teeth are from Paranthropus robustus, an extinct hominin genus that emerged and evolved in Africa between 2.8 and 1.2 Ma. It is considered to be a side branch of our evolutionary tree. It walked ...

A recent study reveals we have a long-lost relative which hung out with our more famous apelike ancestors about three million years ago. It turns out the human family tree is more complicated than we ...

The researchers said the newly found teeth bore traits indicating they belonged to a seventh species. Researchers unearthed 10 tooth fossils dating back 2.65 million years in Ethiopia's Afar Region ...

On Valentine’s Day in 2018, a team of scientists walked across a flat expanse in the badlands of northeastern Ethiopia, scanning the ground for fossils. An eagle-eyed field assistant, Omar Abdulla, ...

The mystery of human evolution is nowhere close to being resolved. Every new discovery not only peels off the layer of truth but also brings forth a plethora of questions. The recent fossil discovery ...

A NEW species of ancient human has been unearthed, scientists report, suggesting our family tree is more complicated than was thought. Was “Lucy,” as the hominid was called, the direct ancestor of ...

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It’s a common mistake to think we came directly from the monkeys or chimps you see at the zoo today, […] ...